and i would like to welcome supervisor malia cohen. so, supervisor kim, would you like to make some comments on this. >> thank you, supervisor yee, and i appreciate the rules taking the time to hear this cleanup legislation, as many of you know in june of 2011, the supreme court made a decision in a 5-4 vote in response to independent expenditures, substantially burdens the first amendment rights of these independent expenditures and also stated that leveling the playing field for candidates is not a compelling state interest justifying a restriction in any type of first amendment rights. many members of this board were saddened by this decision and spoke out in opposition of it, but despite that, we did have to make changes in our current public -- in our previous public finance program in order to be legal under this new supreme court ruling. this legislation passed last spring in april of 2012, thank you, supervisor cohen for your support last year so that we could continue this very important program, but have it be under the guide